The Strega-Borgia children are still reeling from the shock of their nannys disappearance at the end of Deep Trouble. Without Flora to tend to them the kids are growing up fast. Indeed Titus is in the throes of a deeply embarrassing & magically accelerated puberty while all around the usual chaos reigns. Baby Damp is learning to fly under the tutelage of a bat called Vesper Ffup the dragon is struggling with the Atkins diet & Tarantella the tarantula is trying to teach her daughters the rudiments of mascara. So far so Strega Schloss but add in an arrest for murder a demon intent on revenge & a suicidal deep-frozen ancestor & you have a recipe that could only be cooked up in a Gliori-cauldron. ...

A mans body virtually decapitated is found by the Bosphorus. His identity card names him as Rifat Berisha an Albanian. The family is impenetrable but when Inspector Cetin Ikmen whose mother was Albanian consults his cousin Samsun hes left in little doubt that Berishas death is likely to be the result of a fis an implacable blood feud between rival Albanian families. Which means the blood already shed will have to be avenged. & if the Berishas or their enemies discover Ikmen is from a noted Albanian clan some of the spilt blood might be his... ...

Sue French's elegant informative monthly columns in Sky & Telescope magazine have won this astronomy writer a passionate following among astronomy enthusiasts. In 2005 French published 60 of these columns in Celestial Sampler a book that garnered rave reviews & earned bestseller sales. Deep-Sky Wonders is a welcome expansion of that winning format. A new collection of the best of French's Deep-Sky Wonders A columns the book is organized by season & subdivided into months offering readers a total of 100 in-depth tours of the deep sky with enduring relevance. The book
Includes:: Full-colour photographs & detailed sketches of each tour; Descriptions of double & variable stars star clusters nebulae galaxies & exotics; Historical & scientific background of particular interest; A tabular listing of the deep-sky sights; Colour charts showing the position of each target in the night sky; An index to all of the deep-sky objects covered. Deep-Sky Wonders also features a variety of challenging objects that encourage observers to test the limits of their equipment & skills. Fragments of poetry & prose enliven the text while each tour illuminates little-known seasonal wonders that lie off the beaten path. From a January journey down the celestial river Eridanus to an autumnal visit to the den of Vulpecula the Little Fox French brings the wonders of the sky to life. Suitable for beginning & intermediate small-scope astronomers as well as large-scope viewers & astrophotographers this book will be greeted enthusiastically by all Sky & Telescope readers especially French's many fans. It is also an outstanding introduction to deep-sky viewing for novice observers."
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The Tunnels adventure is far from over for Will Burrows. In his quest to find his father Will is plunged even deeper underground. & as if things werent bad enough already he stumbles across a Styx plot with terrible implications for the world above. & a sister who isnt finished yet... ...

The deeper secret is revealed not merely as one law of attraction but in the twelve laws of creation. In this passionately persuasive book we learn about these laws of creation & how we can harness them. The author explains how the combination of three simple principles form the deeper secret
- how you can gain access to your own powerful system of creation to create miracles of joy happiness & fulfilment in your everyday life. Nothing will simply fall out of the sky however you much you wish for it & however positively you think. The real secret is how you can get what you wish yourself: by knowing how you should wish & that an inner decision is inherent to a wish the decision to really want it
- not with your head but with your heart." Annemarie Postma In The Deeper Secret Annemarie Postma proves herself to be a true Socratic midwife. Using skilful tools she creates the loving conditions for awakening within us that has been yearning to be born for so long
- our precious life force."


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On the damp leaf-strewn ground a gruesome trophy is displayed. Its a young woman. Although her battered body has been buried her head is propped on a stone like an offering her mouth & eyes glued shut her eardrums destroyed. This killer has struck this peaceful town before
- & the savagery he inflicts on his victims is increasing. Vince Leone a pioneering FBI profiler is called in to try to unlock the mind of the killer
- a strategy that pulls him deep into the devastated community. Suspicions thicken secrets spill out & reputations shatter as Vince draws ever nearer to evil

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The sixth Odd Thomas thriller from the master storyteller. Our reluctant hero is drawn once more into a strange encounter with the lingering dead. Later that morning when I walked downtown to buy blue jeans & a few pairs of socks I met a guy who offered to neuter me with a. 45 pistol. In a sinister encounter with a rogue truck driver Odd
- who has the gift of seeing the dead & the soon-to-be dead
- has a disturbing vision of the slaughter of three innocent children. Across California into Nevada & back again Odd embarks on a road chase to prevent the tragedy. But he is to discover that he is not up against a single twisted sociopath but a mysterious network of evil men & women whose resources appear supernatural. Luckily in this world that Odd finds so beautiful & full of wonders & deeply odd as well he meets a collection of like-minded eccentrics who will help him to take the next giant step towards his destiny.

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Field Marshal William Slim stands alongside Montgomery as the outstanding British field commander of World War II. Defeat Into Victory" is his classic account of the Burma campaign: a story of retreat attrition & final hard-fought victory over the Japanese. Told by a commander always at the centre of events this is a narrative which captures both the high drama & the harsh reality of war." ...

In 53BC the Proconsul Marcus Crassus & 36 000 of his legionaries were crushed by the Parthians at Carrhae in what is now eastern Turkey. Crassus' defeat & death & the 20 000 casualties his army suffered were an extraordinary disaster for Rome. The event intensified the bitter destructive struggle for power in the Roman republic curtailed the empire's eastward expansion & had a lasting impact on the history of the Mediterranean & the Middle East. It was also the first clash between two of the greatest civilizations of the ancient world. Yet this critical episode has often been neglected by writers on the period who have concentrated on the civil war between Pompey & Caesar. Gareth Sampson in this challenging & original study reconstructs the Carrhae campaign in fine detail reconsiders the policy of imperial expansion & gives a fascinating insight into the opponents the Romans confronted in the East
- the Parthians.
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After a vicious attack Paladin Hunter Fitzsimon is no longer the warrior he once was. So when hes offered a transfer to the small Pacific Northwest town of Justice Point he takes it. Tate Justice needs a tenant for the apartment above her garage but when Hunter shows up something about him unsettles her
- & its not just his sexy grin. When he doesnt return home one evening & Tate finds him left for dead after another Kalith attack she realizes how much he means to her. & as the Kalith & the Paladins battle it out Hunter begins to realize hed do anything to keep her too.
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